Patiala, Oct. 26 -- The police on Sunday said the alleged harassment of the sister of one of the accused, who lives in Canada, was the suspected motive behind the abduction and murder of 27-year-old Nawab Khan.

The police have arrested three men identified as Sehajveer Singh, Gursevak Singh and Jagjit Singh in the case.

Khan was killed and his body was dumped near the Kala Jhar toll plaza in Sangrur district on October 23, hours after being abducted in broad daylight in Patiala.

An SUV deliberately rammed into Khan's motorcycle near a petrol pump on the Patiala-Sangrur road around 1.30 pm. The occupants of the black Mahindra Scorpio then assaulted Khan before bundling him into the vehicle and driving off. The incident was captured on C...